If we pass a NULL client to rpc_task_set_client and no client is attached to the task, then the kernel will crash later. Antecipate the crash by checking if a client is available for the task. Signed-off-by: Thiago Rafael Becker <trbecker@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/sunrpc/clnt.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c index f056ff931444..ccbc9a9715da 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/clnt.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/clnt.c @@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ void rpc_task_set_transport(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_clnt *clnt) static void rpc_task_set_client(struct rpc_task *task, struct rpc_clnt *clnt) { - + BUG_ON(clnt == NULL && task->tk_client == NULL); if (clnt != NULL) { rpc_task_set_transport(task, clnt); task->tk_client = clnt; -- 2.31.1